CVE-2006-0020

Summary

CVECVE-2006-0020
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-01-10 21:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionAn unspecified Microsoft WMF parsing application, as used in Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4, and 5.5 SP2 on Windows Millennium, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute code via a crafted WMF file with a manipulated WMF header size, possibly involving an integer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-4560, and aka "WMF Image Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All fr
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server r2 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server sp1 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 All gold All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98se All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Me All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp1 tablet_pc All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 tablet_pc All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Internet Explorer WMF Image Parsing Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Internet Explorer WMF Image Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 linuxbox.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-045A -- Microsoft Windows, Windows Media Player, and Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-004 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
www.osvdb.org/22976 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#312956 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Avaya Products WMF Image Parsing Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/913333.mspx af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.microsoft.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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